See in oil or gold. Maybe things arent all that bad in the underlying real economy, particularly when it comes to china. Coming up later in the hour, we l look at out the china look at the fallout of chinau. S. Tensions. Adc drama is intensifying. Avestors weighing contentious battle over the now Vacant Supreme Court seat. We want to bring in chief austin correspondent Kevin Cirilli for more. What do investors need to watch chief washington correspondent vin cirilli for more chief washington correspondent Kevin Cirilli for more. What do investors need to watch for . Kevin this is going to take up all of the oxygen in the room before the election. Things like fiscal stimulus, continuing resolutions, other potential nonpartisan issues to likely get across the finish line before the end the month, all of the focus instead is going to be on the Supreme Court battle. Judge amyont runners, coney barrett, as well as barbara le goa barbara lagoa. He says he wants to pick within the next couple
Now made this his says personal crusade that he would do everything that the e. U. Could still get there it will be discussed again at the summit this thursday and friday in brussels nick want to go to you in minsk i mean this is kind of a setback but im just wondering how significant is you in action when it comes to those activists who are trying to make the case against the current leadership. Well theres definitely a lot of anger here from elise from the Political Class of the opposition the opposition saying that cyprus of all countries cyprus country that is a haven for illegal black money coming from the former soviet union from Russia Belarus and ukraine a place where that money is washed away european sold to Country Nationals that should be the country putting the brakes on these sanctions having said that i think this is more embarrassing for the e. U. In the use own self confidence and self image than it is a problem for the protest is here he has the symbolic things to sho
Coronavirus fallout has peaked. While ways relations with the. Sour again as the cff freedom ino gain her vancouver. We are seeing u. S. Futures flat at the open. We haveinvestors the s p 500 in the regular session gaining for a third consecutive day, 11week high. Holding at that 3000 point level. Stocks was punished by the pandemic now rewarded. We have the nasdaq composite gaining a tense of 1 after micro technologies forecast earnings that Beat Estimates lifting the chipmaker. Smallcap led the games. U. S. Futures smallcap led the games. Let the gains. The u. S. House legislation on sanctioning chinese officials. We really have a havetion where investors to choose whether they think geopolitical matters matter to the direction of the market. A mixed picture when it comes to japan. Japanese futures pointed a bit higher, looking to extend robust gains in yesterdays session. Zealand, we are seeing another day of gains, half a percent higher. Kongs future as an independent trading leade
Opecs cuts may be draining the glut. The bank of japan prepares for unscheduled talks as the coronavirus keeps extra pressure on the economy. Help for Small Business tops the agenda. Downside are seeing a start to trading on this final friday session of the week. Overwhelmingly, the concern over these escalating tensions between washington and beijing, and now also, beijings expected move to impose the National Security law on hong kong and we are watching, in particular, the start of mainland trading as well as hong kong trading and trading in the hong kong dollar but in the meantime, we are seeing a downside view when it comes to nikkei futures as well as kospi. Sydney futures looking to extend losses of. 4 in the previous session although we could expect to see some modest gains when it comes to the Energy Sector given the gains and that story when it comes to the continued rally in oil prices. We are also watching trading in new zealand. We had retail Sales Numbers out in the last
Once considered iowa caucuses. He had poor finishes in nevada and south carolina. Pete buttigieg made history for the first openly candidate. He spoke to his hometown. It is unclear how his departure will impact the race. Ernie sanders made a stop in san jose today. We will find out how his supporters are feeling ahead of super taste a reporter this is the second time Bernie Sanders has come to san jose. This is the backyard of a lot of wealthy people. It looks like many of his supporters are here. If you go to an indoor Bernie Sanders rally heres a tip, where he earplugs. Sanders delivered his speech to a capacity crowd. This was in debt san jose. He talked about abortion and gun control. We will listen to the american people, not the nra. Reporter the senators said he would make education a top priority. If congress can give tax breaks to billionaires under the Trump Administration under our administration we can cancel all student debt. This was inspiring. He wants college for all.